The cooler summers of bayside communities delay flowering even longer, and trees in these areas may continue flowering into the new year. Regardless of the timing, the silk floss tree puts on ...

Growth habit: A deciduous tree often with a large thorn-covered ... fertilizer once monthly in March and June for the first three years after planting. Thereafter, the trees usually obtain needed ...

The Floss Silk Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its pinkish (or purplish) hibiscus-like flowers for at least a month now. The broad ...

I saw a bright pink spot up in a tree and thought it was the light playing with me, but the pretty bloom was revealed as I got closer. I should have known; it’s time for silk floss trees to ...